SUNSET RIDE: A man rode a motorcycle as the sun set in Nimroz Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday. (Marko Djurica/Reuters)

HOLY DIP: A Hindu pilgrim prayed while taking a dip in the “Sangam” – the meeting point of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers – to rid herself of sin during the Basant Panchmi festival Wednesday in Allahabad, India. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)

ROADBLOCK: Resident Brian Abbitt tied his shoe at a police roadblock near a house where eight people were fatally shot in Appomattox, Va., Tuesday. Wearing a bulletproof vest, Christopher Speight, 39, surrendered early Wednesday. Police said he had been hiding in the woods. (Steve Helber/Associated Press)

PAINTING THE PAVILION RED: Migrant construction workers painted part of the Swiss Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 site in Shanghai Wednesday. The Expo starts May 1. (Nir Elias/Reuters)

DRYING OFF: Spain’s Rafael Nadal took a towel from a ballboy during his match against Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne Wednesday. Mr. Nadal defeated Mr. Lacko. (Mark Baker/Associated Press)

BURIAL OFFERINGS: Cynthia Pelayo of Chicago left roses and cognac at Edgar Allen Poe’s grave in Baltimore Tuesday. She left the items after a mysterious annual visitor failed to show up to carry on the ritual that started in 1949. (Gail Burton/Associated Press)

CHAOS IN HAITI: A Peruvian peacekeeper screamed as he tried to control a crowd during food distribution in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday. The U.N. Security Council voted to add 2,000 more peacekeepers and 1,500 police officers to the international force. On Wednesday, a 6.1-magnitude tremor struck the devastated area after last week’s deadly earthquake. (Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press)

METALHEADS: Fans of heavy-metal group Metallica attended a concert in Lima, Peru, Tuesday. The band is on its South American tour. (Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters)

LOOKING DUMB: Flanking a mannequin, people watched a fashion show at the International Tourism Trade Fair in Madrid Wednesday. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

HAVING A BALL: Austrian businessman Richard Lugner announced Wednesday in Vienna that actress Lindsay Lohan will be his guest at this year’s traditional Vienna Opera Ball. Mr. Lugner’s girlfriend, Anastasia Sokol, was at his side. (Herwig Prammer/Reuters)

OPEN WATER: A crew member of America’s Cup challenger BMW Oracle trained for the event off the coast of Valencia, Spain, Tuesday. The race starts Feb. 8. (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

CHURCH REFLECTION: The Russian Orthodox St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nice, France, was reflected in a puddle of water Wednesday. A Nice court ruled Russia is the only owner of the cathedral, built in 1912 by Tsar Nicholas II for Russians in the French Riviera area. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

SEEKING SHELTER: Chris Rogers took shelter on a neighbor’s porch after water rushed into his home after a heavy downpour in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday. On Wednesday, hundreds of people were evacuated as another Pacific storm churned toward Southern California. (Scott Smeltzer/Associated Press)